Libtiff · Libtiff · CVE-2018-15209
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
LibTIFF version 4.0.9
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which is a heap-based buffer overflow and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted TIFF file. This can be demonstrated using tiff2pdf.
**Recommendations**
For LibTIFF version 4.0.9, update to a version that fixes the issue in the ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip function in tif dirread.c to prevent a heap-based buffer overflow and application crash. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of crafted TIFF files to minimize the risk of exploitation.